paruresis

Meaning

Noun

The inability to urinate in the presence of others

Related

Similar words

shy bladder, shy bladder syndrome

Origin

From para-- + uresis. The term was coined by Williams and Degenhart in their 1954 paper "Paruresis: a survey of a disorder of micturition" in the Journal of General Psychology 51:19-29.

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